Museum im Bellpark

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The Museum im Bellpark is a forum for photography, history, and art in Kriens, Switzerland. It has existed since 1991.

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The Museum maintains an archive that documents the development of Kriens from a village to an conurbation, and is building up a collection of Swiss drawings. Its focus is on photography, and it regularly organizes exhibitions. The Museum is supported by the Museum im Bellpark association.

Photographic archive

The Museum im Bellpark maintains an archive with photographs by various photographers from Kriens:

Publications

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